How to Freeze Blueberries
June 30, 2009 by Marye Audet
Filed under Tips and Techniques
If you don’t know how to freeze blueberries don’t worry! It is so easy! Most blueberries, at least in Texas, do not have natural pests so they are usually grown without pesticides. That is how the place we pick them does it anyway. The easiest way to keep blueberries, strawberries, and other berries for long term storage is to flash freeze them.
To freeze them just put them straight into a ziploc type freezer bag and lay flat in the freezer. Don’t rinse them, or clean them other than pulling out any obvious stems or leaves. They will keep for more than a year..One year we had them for 18 months. It just can’t be easier than that!
I am working on a post for later…but I wanted to post this while I was thinking about it.
image:marye audet
I froze some blueberries for the first time last year, and was afraid I did something wrong. The taste just wasn’t there when I used them in cooking later. Guess that’s just the price for using frozen vs. fresh, but I’ll still take frozen over none at all.